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a permanently narrower window left by a past excursion of a parameter where the walls were forced beyond their usual boundaries.

Scar (noun) means: a permanently narrower window left by a past excursion of a parameter where the walls were forced beyond their usual boundaries. It emerges from window, parameter, drift, wall: an aimless drift pushes a parameter beyond its usual range boundaries, forcing walls apart and leaving a narrower window upon return. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

scar.residual · forms: scar, scars

Examples

Emergence

from: window parameter drift wall narrow past usual leave boundary force
through: an aimless drift pushes a parameter beyond its usual range boundaries, forcing walls apart and leaving a narrower window upon return.

Chain to foundations

valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsconnectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinghappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsusualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timemakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timewallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.leaveL4 leave.movement: to go away from a placemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placequantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeawayL3 away.spatial: not here but thereboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinginsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacecarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therescarL16 scar.residual: a permanently narrower window left by a past excursion of a parameter where the walls were forced beyond their usual boundaries.previousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in timeparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.pastL2 past.temporal: the time that is before nowobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inamountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placetouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built from — 2 more not shownscarL16scar.residual — a permanently narrower window left by a past excursion of a parameter where the walls were forced beyond their usual bouwindowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.driftL11drift.aimless — Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.wallL8wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.narrowL5narrow.spatial — Having a small range between boundaries.pastL2past.temporal — the time that is before nowusualL2usual.common — a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timeleaveL4leave.movement — to go away from a place

Relations

contrasts-withparameter.conditiona scar is a reduced range vs. normal window of parameter
contrasts-withdrift.aimlessscarred window resists drift, unlike open-ended drift
contrasts-withmaintenance.upkeepmaintenance preserves a window, scar indicates a failure of maintenance

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md